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I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people, for they have not changed their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will winnow you like grain at the gates of your cities and take away the children you hold dear. I will destroy my own people, because they refuse to change their evil ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children, I will destroy my people, <i>since</i> they return not from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children; I will destroy My people, <i>Since</i> they do not return from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent of their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent of their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent of their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children; I will make My people perish; They did not repent of their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I will winnow (sort, separate) them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will deprive them of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent <i>and</i> turn from their [evil] ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I scattered them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land. I made them childless; I destroyed my people. They would not turn from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I scattered them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I made them childless; I destroyed My people. They would not turn from their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />by scattering you like straw blown by the wind. I will punish you with sorrow and death, because you refuse to change your ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I have fanned them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they have not returned from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I will separate them with a winnowing shovel at the city gates. I will make them childless. I will destroy my people because they will not change their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In every town in the land I threw you to the wind like straw. I destroyed you, my people, I killed your children because you did not stop your evil ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll winnow them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land. I'll make them childless. I'll destroy my people, for they didn't change their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD continued, "In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they did not return from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I scatter them with a fan, "" In the gates of the land, "" I have bereaved [them], "" I have destroyed My people, "" They did not turn back from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I scatter them with a fan, in the gates the land, I bereaved, I have destroyed My people, From their ways they turned not back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will scatter them with a scattering in the gates of the land; I bereaved of offspring, I destroyed my people; they turned not back from their ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned form their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will scatter them with a winnowing fan at the gates of the land. I have killed and dispersed my people, and yet they have not turned back from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I winnowed them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land; I have bereaved, destroyed my people; they have not turned from their evil ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them, I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will fan them with a fan in the cities of the earth; I have bereaved them of their children. I have destroyed my people, and yet they did not return from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall scatter them with a winnowing fan in the cities of the Earth. I bereaved and I destroyed my people, and they did not return from their ways<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, Since they return not from their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4524" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/15.htm">Judgment to Continue</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2219.htm" title="2219: wā·’ez·rêm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To scatter, fan, winnow. A primitive root; to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow.">I will scatter them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4214.htm" title="4214: bə·miz·reh (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A pitchfork. From zarah; a winnowing shovel.">with a winnowing fork</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: bə·ša·‘ă·rê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">at the gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: šik·kal·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">I will bereave</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ib·baḏ·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">and destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō·w- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">who have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šā·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: mid·dar·ḵê·hem (Prep-m:: N-cpc:: 3mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">from their ways.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-16.htm">Isaiah 41:16</a></span><br />You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Ezekiel 20:38</a></span><br />And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-9.htm">Amos 9:9</a></span><br />“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Isaiah 27:9</a></span><br />Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Hosea 13:3</a></span><br />Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-3.htm">Zephaniah 1:3</a></span><br />“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm">Isaiah 17:6</a></span><br />Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a></span><br />His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Ezekiel 22:15</a></span><br />I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Matthew 13:30</a></span><br />Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2</a></span><br />He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a></span><br />Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14-15</a></span><br />So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day. / The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.</p><p class="hdg">I will fan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Jeremiah 4:11,12</a></b></br> At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2</a></b></br> And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a></b></br> The ungodly <i>are</i> not so: but <i>are</i> like the chaff which the wind driveth away.</p><p class="hdg">bereave.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21</a></b></br> For death is come up into our windows, <i>and</i> is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, <i>and</i> the young men from the streets.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Jeremiah 18:21</a></b></br> Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their <i>blood</i> by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and <i>be</i> widows; and let their men be put to death; <i>let</i> their young men <i>be</i> slain by the sword in battle.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-18.htm">Deuteronomy 28:18,32,41,53-56</a></b></br> Cursed <i>shall be</i> the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep… </p><p class="hdg">children.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/24-21.htm">Ezekiel 24:21,25</a></b></br> Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword… </p><p class="hdg">since.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a></b></br> O LORD, <i>are</i> not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, <i>but</i> they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Jeremiah 8:4,5</a></b></br> Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13</a></b></br> For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Bereavement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">City</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-20.htm">Cleaning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Fan</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Fork</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Public</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-21.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Winnow</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Winnowed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Winnowing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Bereaved</a> <a href="/psalms/35-12.htm">Bereavement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-14.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Cleaning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-18.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Fan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Fork</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">Gates</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">Public</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-17.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Winnow</a> <a href="/matthew/25-24.htm">Winnowed</a> <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Winnowing</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah, complaining of their spite, receives a promise for himself;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-12.htm">and a threatening for them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">He prays;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-19.htm">and receives a gracious promise.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land.</b><br>This phrase uses the imagery of winnowing, an agricultural process where grain is separated from chaff using a fork. In biblical times, this was a common practice, symbolizing judgment and separation. The "gates of the land" likely refer to the entry points of Judah, indicating a comprehensive judgment affecting the entire nation. This scattering is a metaphor for the dispersion of the people due to their disobedience, reminiscent of the scattering of Israel in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-64.htm">Deuteronomy 28:64</a>. The winnowing fork is a tool of separation, symbolizing God's discernment and judgment, similar to the separation of wheat and chaff in <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>.<p><b>I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.</b><br>The term "bereave" suggests a loss of children, indicating severe punishment and sorrow. This reflects the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a>, where disobedience leads to loss and devastation. The phrase "My people" underscores the relationship between God and Israel, highlighting the gravity of their rebellion. Despite being His chosen people, their persistent sinfulness leads to destruction, as seen in the repeated calls for repentance throughout Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/3-12.htm">Jeremiah 3:12-14</a>). The failure to turn from their ways emphasizes the theme of repentance, a central message in prophetic literature, and foreshadows the ultimate call to repentance through Christ (<a href="/mark/1-15.htm">Mark 1:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal struggle and faithfulness to God's call.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is executing judgment on His people for their unrepentant hearts and sinful ways.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/winnowing_fork.htm">Winnowing Fork</a></b><br>A tool used in the agricultural process of separating grain from chaff, symbolizing God's judgment and purification.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gates_of_the_land.htm">Gates of the Land</a></b><br>Represents the entry points and places of decision, symbolizing the comprehensive nature of God's judgment across the nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>This passage underscores the gravity of sin and the inevitable consequences of persistent disobedience to God. It serves as a warning to examine our own lives and turn from sinful ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>The imagery of winnowing illustrates God's righteous judgment. It is both a warning and a call to repentance, reminding us that God is just and will not tolerate sin indefinitely.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite the harshness of the judgment, there is an implicit call to repentance. God's desire is for His people to turn back to Him, highlighting His mercy and willingness to forgive.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to deliver difficult messages. This reminds us of the importance of speaking truth, even when it is uncomfortable, and the need for faithful messengers of God's word today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While this passage focuses on judgment, the broader context of Jeremiah includes promises of restoration and hope. It encourages us to trust in God's ultimate plan for redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer_15_1_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">If Jeremiah 15:1 implies God would not listen to Moses or Samuel, how does this align with other passages portraying a merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_of_judah's_ruin.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 suggests complete destruction of Judah. Is there any historical or extra-biblical record of such total devastation that matches this claim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_at_the_bible's_city_gate.htm">What events occurred at the city gate in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">I will fan them with a fan.</span>--The image is, of course, the familiar one of the threshing-floor and the winnowing-fan or shovel (<a href="/psalms/1-4.htm" title="The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.">Psalm 1:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/35-5.htm" title="Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.">Psalm 35:5</a>; <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.">Matthew 3:12</a>). The tenses should be past in both clauses--<span class= "ital">I have winnowed<span class= "bld"> . . .</span></span> <span class= "ital">I have bereaved </span>. . . <span class= "ital">I</span> <span class= "ital">have destroyed.</span><p><span class= "bld">In the gates of the land . . .</span>--Possibly the "gates" stand for the fortified cities of Judah, the chief part being taken for the whole, more probably for the "approaches" of the land. So the Greeks spoke of the passes of the Taurus as the Cilician gates, and so we speak of the Khyber and Bolam passes as "the gates of India."<p><span class= "bld">Since they return not.</span>--The insertion of the conjunction, which has nothing corresponding to it in the original, weakens the vigour of the abruptness of the clause, and probably suggests a wrong sequence of thought. Jehovah had chastened them, but it was in vain. They returned not from their ways. <span class= "ital">Yet, </span>as in the Vulgate, rather than "since," is the implied conjunction.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The gates of the land</span>. The phrase might mean either the cities in general (comp. <a href="/micah/5-5.htm">Micah 5:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a>) or the fortresses commanding the entrance into the land (comp. <a href="/nahum/3-13.htm">Nahum 3:13</a>). The context decides in favor of the latter view. Ewald's explanation, "borders of the earth" (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the most distant countries), seems less natural. <span class="cmt_word">I will bereave them</span>, etc. The proper object of the verb is <span class="cmt_word">my people</span> (personified as a mother). The population are to fall in war (comp. the same figure in <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17</a>). The tense is the perfect of prophetic certitude; literally, <span class="accented">I</span> <span class="accented">have bereaved</span>, <span class="accented">etc</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will scatter them</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶזְרֵ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ez·rêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2219.htm">Strong's 2219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toss about, to diffuse, winnow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a winnowing fork</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִזְרֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·miz·reh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4214.htm">Strong's 4214: </a> </span><span class="str2">A winnowing shovel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the gates</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ša·‘ă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will bereave</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכַּ֤לְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šik·kal·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">אִבַּ֙דְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ib·baḏ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who have not</span><br /><span class="heb">לוֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō·w-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turned</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁבוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from their ways.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(mid·dar·ḵê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 15:7 I have winnowed them with a fan (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 15:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 15:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>